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| Yosemite Plants - Road from Arch Rock Station |
Having read John Muir and learned John Muir one hears Muir's descriptions when walking the trails of Yosemite.
The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly
dazzling, keen lance-rays of every color flashing, sparkling in glorious
abundance, joining the plants in their fine, brave beauty-work, every flower,
every crystal, a window opening into heaven, a mirror reflecting the Creator.
John Muir
Much of the forest, perhaps the majority of the forest is old growth forest. To visit Yosemite is to visit a Xanadu of protected old growth forest. Though the trees are protected from cutting they still may be damaged by drought, insects, and blights. Though the sequoias get the attention the sugar pines grow in many more parts of the mountains and valleys of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The sugar pines are so appealing you want to look at them.
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